Magic Level

Magic Level is one of the three core stats Link can improve by using Experience Points to level up in The Adventure of Link. Magic Level is used to determine the cost of using Spells - upon leveling up the magic level, Link expends less magic on each spell, with each Magic Container representing 16 points, to a maximum of 128 points.

By gaining experience through defeating enemies or finding Point Bags Link is able to upgrade his three principle stat levels: Attack, Life, and Magic. Upon reaching specific experience thresholds (represented by the NEXT number in the upper right corner of the screen), Link is given the option to "buy" an upgrade where a stat's level is raised by one and that quantity of experience is deducted from the total earned. Each stat can be upgraded to a maximum level of eight. Once a skill has reached the maximum level, its next level up becomes 9000 experience and selecting that upgrade will give Link one extra life.

Link is not required to upgrade in any specific order and can pass up an opportunity to raise a stat until later by selecting CANCEL. At that point, the experience required to level up is raised to the next threshold. If Link loses all of his lives and the game ends, all earned upgrades are kept, but his current experience is reset to zero.

The cost of each spell decreases by a different amount ranging from 0 to 40 points per spell as Link's level increases. Link begins with 64 points of Magic available.

Magic Cost Per Level

Magic Spell	Level 1	Level 2	Level 3	Level 4	Level 5	Level 6	Level 7	Level 8
Shield	32	24	24	16	16	16	16	16
Jump	48	40	32	32	20	16	12	8
Life	70	70	60	60	50	50	50	50
Fairy	80	80	60	30	16	16	16	16
Fire	120	80	60	30	16	16	16	16
Reflect	120	120	80	48	40	32	24	16
Spell	120	112	96	80	48	32	24	16
Thunder	120	120	120	120	120	120	100	64

Experience Requirements

Level	Exp Required
1	-
2	100
3	300
4	700
5	1200
6	2200
7	3500
8	6000
91	9000

¹ Increasing Magic Level past level 8 results in Link's Magic meter being refilled and being awarded an extra life instead of a stat increase.

Leveling Up

At every increase in Magic Level the magic meter is refilled to full.